NSW Treasurer demands federal reform

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NSW’s Treasurer, Dominic Perrottet, has labelled federal-state financial relations “a mess” and demanded fundamental reform. From The SMH:

The NSW government has appointed an expert panel to review federal financial relations from a state perspective. It will identify ways to improve the current system and make it more reliable.

Mr Perrottet said the aim was to promote a more dynamic form of “bottom-up federalism” driven by the states. “In our three-tier federal system financial relations are a mess,” Mr Perrottet said…

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.